Roberto Alvarez graduated from Baxter in 1989 and spent a year helping in the ministry in Zone 8 of Guatemala City. In 1991, he became the establishing minister of the Pinares congregation, now a strong, stable and large congregation. In 2003, the Pinares church accepted the challenge of planting churches in the Eastern part of …
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Jose Salmeron
A 2010 graduate of Baxter, Jose is remembered for the incredible number of people he personally taught and baptized during his four years at Baxter–over 200 persons brought to the Lord. For the past two years since his graduation, he has worked with BICA Guatemala, assisting with campaigns and continuing his intense evangelistic focus. Two …
Marvin Tercero
Marvin Tercero received his bachelor’s degree from Baxter in 2001 as part of the last class to receive the three-year bachelor’s degree. He stayed at Baxter for a fourth year and received his licenciatura in 2002. In May 2003 he went to Bogota as part of the Continent of Great Cities (now Great Cities) Bogota …
Adán Benavente
Adán graduated from Baxter twice! He graduated in 1987 in the track that was available at that time and returned to his native Guatemala to work with the church in Quetzaltenango (Xela). In 1999, he established a new work at Sololá, and currently works both in the ministry at Sololá and also in a regional …
Baxter Graduates: Jacobo Chalco and Jorge Suarez
During the past few days, I had the opportunity to interview two graduates of Baxter Institute. Here are brief summaries of their stories. Jacobo Chalco, from Lima, Peru, came to Baxter in the late 1960s when the school was still in Mexico. He graduated in 1971 and spent a short time working with Jerry Hill …
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Honduras Update: First Day of Classes at Baxter
I returned to campus yesterday in preparation for today’s activities. It will be my privilege to present Steve Teel as the new president of Baxter. The entire campus community will be assembled and I look forward to a very special time. Yesterday evening I visited with several of the students and spirits are high as …
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An Encouraging Mission Weekend
The events surrounding the board meeting and graduation at Baxter could hardly have gone better. Eleven graduates were sent forth to make a difference in the world–the total number of graduates in the 49 years of Baxter’s history is well over 500. These graduates continue to make a difference all across Latin America. The dedication …
Baxter Institute: A Special Weekend Ahead
This weekend is graduation at Baxter Institute in Teguigalpa, Honduras–the last official event of the 49th year of Baxter’s existence. It is also the weekend of the annual board meeting in Honduras. For me as chairman of the board, that always means a lot of time spent in preparing documents, reports, agendas, and for various …
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Baxter Campaign
As students at Baxter Institute study the Bible, ministry and missions, and related subjects, they spend a lot of time in the classroom and in doing homework. They earn almost 200 semester hours of credits over four years of residential studies. (A semester hour generally includes about 15 hours of classroom seat time and 15-30 …
When the Invisible God Is Visible
On this Saturday morning at Baxter Institute in Honduras, the invisible God is visible. Colossians 1 describes Jesus as evidence of the invisible God. Today, God is visible in other ways. God is visible in the freshness of the morning after a night of rain. God is visible in the joyous laughter and fellowship of …